ACTOR

Walter Pidgeon

1897 - 1984

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Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 – September 25, 1984) was a Canadian-American actor. A major leading man during the Golden Age of Hollywood, known for his "portrayals of men who prove both sturdy and wise," Pidgeon earned two Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, for his roles in Mrs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Pidgeon has received more than 2,142,705 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Pidgeon is the 3,300th most popular actor (down from 2,286th in 2019), the 257th most popular biography from Canada (down from 171st in 2019) and the 77th most popular Canadian Actor.

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  • 33

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  • 2.10

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  • 4.76

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Walter Pidgeon ranks 3,300 out of 13,578. Before him are Phyllida Law, Rockmond Dunbar, Eric Bogosian, Tracy Pollan, Tarita Teriipaia, and Edward Woodward. After him are Mathilda May, Madhuri Dixit, Fritz Kortner, Paco Tous, Gabriel Macht, and Constance Towers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Walter Pidgeon ranks 193. Before him are Isabelino Gradín, Friedrich Schulz, Janaki Ammal, Ramón Gil, Maximilian von Edelsheim, and Hersch Lauterpacht. After him are Pierre Fresnay, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Rosa Ponselle, Shovkat Mammadova, Joe Profaci, and Evsei Liberman. Among people deceased in 1984, Walter Pidgeon ranks 146. Before him are Hovhannes Shiraz, Eulogio Martínez, Arkhip Lyulka, Rambai Barni, Marcel Balsa, and Aldo Donati. After him are Ethel Merman, Vincent J. McMahon, Sven Jonasson, Ralph Kirkpatrick, Grete Hermann, and Joan Lindsay.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Walter Pidgeon ranks 257 out of 1,622. Before him are Roddy Piper (1954), Lawrence Stroll (1959), Northrop Frye (1912), Barry Pepper (1970), Alexandra Stewart (1939), and Mark Robson (1913). After him are Edward Routh (1831), Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879), Alan Thicke (1947), Anne Hébert (1916), Guy Laliberté (1959), and Mario Lemieux (1965).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Walter Pidgeon ranks 77. Before him are Kenneth Welsh (1942), Elias Koteas (1961), Linda Thorson (1947), Michael Wincott (1958), Barry Pepper (1970), and Alexandra Stewart (1939). After him are Alan Thicke (1947), Anna Paquin (1982), Lothaire Bluteau (1957), Deborah Kara Unger (1966), Yannick Bisson (1969), and Natasha Henstridge (1974).

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Television and Movie Roles

Forbidden Planet
Dr. Edward Morbius
Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for 20 years, only to find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.
Mar 23o 19567.3 / 10
How Green Was My Valley
Mr. Gruffydd
A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the turn of the 20th century.
Oct 28o 19417.277 / 10
Mrs. Miniver
Clem Miniver
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.
Jul 3o 19427 / 10